The UN says the climate emergency is ‘code red for humanity’
Less ‘blah blah blah’ and more community action: Energy lessons for 2022
The global energy community must build forward together in the coming year
Last year was another challenging one for the energy sector. Fundamentals—including energy security, access and affordability—are, once again, top of the global agenda here in the UK and around the world. New waves of the Covid-19 pandemic hit unevenly across regions, causing energy shocks and crises in China, Brazil, the UK, the EU, New Zealand and elsewhere, with issues ranging from extreme weather to surges in demand, price hikes and workforce shortages. Meanwhile, the global climate emergency was elevated to a “code red for humanity” by the UN secretary general and triggered a flurry of net-zero targets and timelines by countries, companies and cities in the run-up to Cop26 in Glasgow. C
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